The Office of Permanent Attention of West Santo Domingo imposed a three-month custody for seven persons accused of a scam to import junk or salvage cars that were then sold as good in the Dominican Republic.
According to the news report, there are current and former members of the DGA involved together with other persons. Four of the persons now in jail are customs agents, and they are accused of being part of a network of counterfeiters who altered documents and customs forms.
Local law enforcement worked together with US officials on this case whereby cars listed as “salvage” were imported using fake papers, then modestly repaired and sold as good vehicles.
The operation covered four main points in Santo Domingo and was a joint effort by the Justice Department, the DGA, DICRIM (Criminal Investigations Agency of the Police), DICAT (High Tech Crimes of the Police) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from the United States.
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El Nacional
11 February 2019
